Professional networking is an important aspect of your career. Understanding basic professional etiquette, introduction etiquette and general social networking can go a long way towards your success.
This guide is designed to help you understand the basics of business networking etiquette so you can get the most out of every opportunity!
“A purpose is the eternal condition of success.”
Theodore T. Munger
“Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.”
Thomas Carlyle
“Purpose is what gives life meaning.”
Charles Henry Parkhurst, D.D.
Understanding e-mail etiquette is just part of the equation. In order to conduct yourself professionally in your communications, you also need to develop strong business telephone etiquette. We’ve developed this quick guide to help enhance your professional etiquette by discussing how to speak, how to listen and how to be courteous in your telephone conversations.
“Both fortune and love befriend the bold.”
Ovid
“Only the bold get to the top”
Publilius Syrus
“Whatever you do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.”
Christian Bovee
Here are some sample letters of recommendation as a follow up to our articles on How to Write a Letter of Recommendation and How to ask for a Letter of Recommendation.
Understanding workplace email etiquette is an important step in furthering your career. Proper e-mail etiquette is important in anything ranging from e-mailing a cover letter to “casual” correspondence with other professionals. As more and more opportunities are only found online, the need to develop effective communication skills over e-mail intensifies.
This article will help teach you how to write quality business emails to help you land your next opportunity!
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You’ve been asked to write a letter of recommendation. Now what? Writing a reference letter for someone can either be an honor and a privilege, or a downright task. We’ve written about how to ask for a letter of reference, now it’s time to cover the opposite side of the coin.
A good letter of recommendation can take a decent amount of time (and thought) to write. They should be a couple paragraphs in length and give the person receiving the letter a general sense of your feelings towards the individual.
This guide is designed to help demystify the process of writing a reference letter.
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“Ambition, confidence, enthusiasm and success are produced by courage, faith, pride and hard work.”
Harry F. Banks
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.”
Harry F. Banks
“If at first you do succeed — try to hide your astonishment.”
Harry F. Banks
“Success is not a matter of desire, but the product of hard work.”
Jack Barringer
This is a guest blog post by Peggy McKee from PHC Consulting.
I have been through a number of resumes in my life (I estimate over 25,000). Since I specialize in recruiting sales and sales management professionals, I see a lot of resumes geared in that direction. So in this discussion, I would like to share some of the creative approaches that I have seen that catch my eye and cause me to consider the candidate more closely.
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“Without rest, a man cannot work; without work, the rest does not give you any benefit.”
Abkhasian Proverb
“If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.”
Max Beerbohm
“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.”
Robert Benchley
“No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.”
William J.H. Boetckr
“You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you will have to win their hearts to have them work with you.”
William J.H. Boetckr
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